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Introduction published In: Filling the Void: Young language learners and the intercultural domain
Edited by Sandie Mourão and Raphaelle Beecroft
[Language Teaching for Young Learners 6:2] 2024
► pp. 127–148

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Introduction

Young language learners and the intercultural domain

Emerging perspectives

 | Nova University of Lisbon
 | Karlsruhe University of Education
Published online: 25 October 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ltyl.00059.mou
Article outline
  • A Focus on Teachers
  • Intercultural Communicative Competence and Young Learners
  • Empirical Research and Intercultural Learning with Young Learners 2009–2024
  • The Children in Empirical Research on Intercultural Learning
  • Longer Term Projects that Included an Investigation into Intercultural Learning
  • Byram’s ICC Model and Young Learners
    • The ICC Model as Guide for Teaching and Learning
    • Political Education and Young Learners
  • Virtual Exchange and Intercultural Learning
  • Picturebooks for Intercultural Learning
  • The Special Issue Articles
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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